“Autobiographie is the 5th and final album from Muffiny mastermind Dave Newhouse’s Manna/Mirage series. [Don’t worry – he’s not stopping, but he decided to retire the name].
A little longer than the previous albums (46 minutes +), it showcases the same great guest musicians that Newhouse has loved working with. And on this one, there is the added bonus of including two early former Muffin members, Michael Bass on drums and Michael Zentner on electric violin.
This is a very limited run of 300...

“Obscure Canadian rock band Mantis released their eponymous debut in 1973 — a rather edgy collection of pop/rock, giving it an interesting synth sound in parts, making for an interesting early crossover action.
Former member, Mark Bajona, said of his old band: “I auditioned for the band in Toronto and passed the test, I was 19 at the time. From there I was flown out to Montreal to practice with the band before recording songs at RCA studios in Toronto, which at that time was on Mutual Street. We...

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I have seen these guys a couple of times and have always enjoyed them. They play a wild, powerful form of power-trio out-rock. These guys are jazz-trained, but rock-ready. If your taste runs towards tight and a bit brutal, this, their second album...

"Many Arms, the Philadelphia and New York-based trio is joined here by the Toronto saxophonist Colin Fisher for a hardcore shredfest that will burn your eyebrows off. Blending the intensity of Pharoah Sanders with the speed of Mick Barr and the...

This is the classic by this all star project including Eno, Bill MacCormick, Simon Phillips, Francis Monkman and the never-heard-from-again Lloyd Watson. If you are of a certain age, said the man of a certain age, then this was certainly a big part of ...

A breakthrough release from this young Israeli guitarist who has been living in New York since 1999. Featuring a spectacular ensemble of downtown superstars, the music is a raging rock/jazz fusion touching upon Tony Williams Lifetime, John Zorns Masada...

This was the second and final release by Spain's Maquina. Originally a double album, it was recorded live in Barcelona in 1972, 2 years after their Why? album. Their sound had changed quite a bit in the interim, adding jazz and even blues influences, a...

Maquina performed live and released their first single in 1969, making them among the first genuine underground groups from Spain. One year later, their first album Why? Mquina! was recorded. The title track was a two-part freak-out, with an ongoing...

"La Mquina de Hacer Pjaros (in English,The Bird-Making Machine") was a band created by Charly Garca, right after he disbanded Sui Generis. This time he abandoned the folk-influenced sound of Sui Generis in favour of a more "prog-symphonic-rock" approach. He once said about La Mquina, "we were the Yes of the third world". Not a bad description, since their sound was similar to Yes, with the influence of South American music among other influences. They only recorded two albums, their self-titled debut ...

“Alexandre Maraslis is a Brazilian multi-instrumentist that played in some progressive bands (Chronos Mundi, Montauk Project) and after 21 years he releases his second solo project, called Maraslis.
For this one he united a super group of progressive rock players, with Pedro Baldanza (Som Nosso de Cada Dia), Beth Dau (Hermeto Pascoal), Braulio Drumond (Di´Anno), Artur Cirio (Cold Blood), Robson Bertolossi (Octohpera e Chronos Mundi), Alex Frias (AJJA).
The tracks on the CD are meant to work as..

"The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible — and achieve it, generation after generation."Author Pearl S. Buck's famous quotation seems especially appropriate when discussing the musical configuration called..

Gianantonio Marchetti (keyboards, piano, synthesizers, compositions & arrangements)
Luca Giampietri (bass, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, sound effects, production & mixing)
Yari Rebughini (lead vocals & lyrics)
Giuseppe D’Aleo (drums)

"... this time I have admired an album with a very Ambient sound, in which the depth of the Sound and the sense of total involvement by the listener, personally I felt dragged by the waves of the sea in a clean melody , contemporary but also...

"Dog W/A Bone, the recording label established by the Paula Cooper Gallery, is pleased to announce the CD release of Graffiti Composition by American visual artist and composer Christian Marclay. In 1996, Marclay plastered more than 5,000 posters of...

Elliott Sharp: Guitars, Electronics / Christian Marclay: Turntables

"The guitarist Elliott Sharp and the turntable player Christian Marclay met in a studio in New York and, during three days, developed unusual tonal worlds. The encounter of both.

This was the wonderful 1st album that launched this amazing musician's career. A brilliant musician, composer and arranger, the closest comparison I might be able to make is that Albert is the French Frank Zappa, except that that really doesn't do him or his original music justice.
This is a brilliant album, with great melodies, musical surprises galore, brilliant orchestration, & much more. Highly recommended.

Michael Marcus – Woodwinds
Joe McPhee – Woodwinds

Jay Rosen – Percussion
Warren Smith – Percussion

In 2018, jazz musician extraordinaire Michael Marcus got an invite to bring his duo with drummer Jay Rosen to the Austrian venue Jazzgalerie Nickelsdorf. And when he arrived, the promoter of their show sprung a novel idea on them: performing their set with fellow reedsman Joe McPhee and another drummer. “It was a great concept,” Marcus remembers. “And the chemistry was really good.”

Fuzzy packaging.

Compositions for tapes, electronics, voice, drones. Rex Xhu Ping (pronounced rex shoe ping) features Margolis (tapes, electronics, clarinet, and sundries), Laura Biagi (vocals), Dan Andreana (speaker, tapes), Detta Andreana (tapes, bowed cymbals), and...

Luciano was the guitarist and leader of LA 1919 for many years. Here he works on a project where most of the recordings here he constructed pieces out of guitar improvisations received through the mail, and then added musical materials (his own guitar,...

"New ensemble comprised to develop and record the songs of Adrienne Pierluissi, a contemporary painter living in Milwaukee, WI, featuring Ken Vandermark, Nick Macri, Tim Daisy, John Dereszynski, Rick Reger, Joe McPhee, Tomeka Reid, and Jen Paulson...

" "The cold war's gone, but those bastards'll find us another one/They're here to protect you, don't you know?/So get used to it - Get used to it!.../The sense that it's useless, and the fear to try/Not believing the leaders, the media that feed us/Living with the big lie." ("Living With the Big Lie," from Brave)
In the 27 years since Steve Hogarth took over as lead vocalist for Marillion, the band has had only one bona fide concept album: the aurally and emotionally stunning Brave (1994). Using as...

"Marillion's 15th album is actually double album split into two separate CDs. "Happiness is the Road Volume Two" is subtitled "The Hard Shoulder" and contains all new material from one of the most loved and passionate bands in the world. A new creative...